Hollywood can’t seem to understand the latest trend striking its young, female stars: More and more are choosing to risk their careers to become a mom:

To be fair, Hollywood’s young moms aren’t young when compared with their nonfamous counterparts. In 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the average age of new mothers in the United States is 25.2 years old. But these tabloid darlings are bucking the old industry standard of waiting until the absolute last minute to bear children (the better to preserve a sexy figure and image) by embracing motherhood while their peers are club hopping and getting busted for DUIs. Some argue it’s for all the right reasons.

“I think it’s pro feminist,” said E! online gossip columnist Ted Casablanca. “It’s all about choice. It’s taking the old mold and breaking it. It’s saying, ‘I will not be defined by my womb.’ It’s saying, ‘I can have a dynamic career and be a dynamic mom at the same time,’ rather than saying, ‘I have to choose between the two.’”

Could it also be that these young women are a bit restless and searching for something more, which they mistakenly think they will find in a baby?